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W. R. RUTHERFORD.

PAPER FILE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. mm.

1,318,598. Patented Oct.14,1919.

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To all wiiom it mayco nccrmf Be it known that I, lvrtnrAtrjR Rnrrrna 7FORD, a subject of the "King' of England, re-

siding at Halifax, in the Province of'Nova Scot1a, Dommion of Canada,have nvented certam new and useful- Improvements in Paper-Files; and Ido hereby declare the following tobe afull, clear, an'dexactde scriptlonof the inventlon, such as will'en able others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to new and useful Improvements in paperfiles of that type including a base member and a clamping member mountedthereon and adapted to hold bills, letters or other papers thereagainst,said clamping member usually comprising a spring urged clip plate.

The volume capacity of such files is limited by the range'of effectiveresilient action of the clip plate, and in some instances this does notermit a desired capacity. It is the object of this invention to providea means for increasing the capacity of such files, and it is moreparticularly the object to provide, acapacity adjusting arrangementwhereby the spring clampmg action of the clip plate of the file may beexerted over different areas with respect to the base member of thefile, whereby the limit of effective resilient movement of the clipplate may be at the base member of the file, or may lie outwardlyof thebase plate to afi'ordv a volume capacity greater than that afforded bythe normal range of movement of the clip plate.

A further object resides in the provision of a volume adjusting meanswhich may be associated with paper files of a general type now on themarket whereby thepresent'inventiofi may .find a most ready andeconomical use in connection with such types of files.

With the above and other objects and advantages in View, theinventionresides more particularly in the novelcombination, formation andarrangement of. parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a paper file of generally conventional typeand embodying the present capacity adjusting means.

Fig. 2 is an end edge view of the file.

" hpplication'filed February; 25, 1915'. Serial1 T o.'219,083.'

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the adjusting means-on the line 33 ofFig. 1. Fig.4 is a sectional view on the line 44.- ofFigJl.

Fig. 5 is a side edge view of the file showing theadjustment thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 5 designatesthebaseboard of-an ordinary paper file adapted to hold letters, bills andthe like, and 6 designates the body plate of the clamping device whichin the ordinary use of conventional files of this nature is secured tothe baseboard, and which carries a pair of standards 7 mounted on ashaft 8 on which is mounted inturned ears 9 of a clamping plate 9 havingits inner end curved toward the board to clampingly hold papers thereagainst under the influence of a spring 10 coiled on the shaft 7 betweenthe standards and having one end bearing against the outer portion ofthe plate, and its other end bearing against the body plate 6 of theclamping device.

The present invention comprises a means for adjusting the entiremounting for the spring urged clip plate toward and away from thebaseboard 5, and in the application of this invention to ordinary filesof the type described, the body plate 6 of the clamping mechanism isdetached from the baseboard and is secured to the intermediate portionof an elongated plate 11. Threaded posts 12 are securedto the corners ofthe I 's ai eaiaem genta. JPatented. o t. 14, 1919. Y

baseboard 5 adjacent the clamping device and are loosely passed throughthe plate 11. Nuts 13 are threaded on the post at the inner side of theplate 11, and wing nuts 14 are threaded on the outer ends of the post toclamp the plate between said nuts and the .nuts 18. Thus the entireclamping device may be adjusted toward or away from the baseboard byshifting the nuts on the posts, and the capacity of the filecorrespondingly varied without affecting the resilient action of theclip plate so long as a sufiicient thickness of papers is retained onthe baseboard in the adjustment for the greater capacity effected bymoving'the entire clamping device outwardly.

The present invention may be embodied in paper files during manufacturethereof, in which instance, as is obvious, the standards 7 may becarried directly by the adjusting plate 11, or the invention maycomprise an attachment for application to paper files alreadymanufactured. It is appreciated that these various applications may beemployed, and various minor changes of structure resorted to withoutdeparting in any manner from the spirit of the invention.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A paper file comprising a base member, a carrier connected with thebase member and adjustable toward and away from it and a spring pressedclamping jaw pivotally mounted upon the carrier and movable bodily withthecarrier and pivotally with respect to the carrier toward and awayfrom cooperative clamping relation to the base member.

2. A paper file comprising a base member,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for a carrier connected with thebase member for adjustment toward and away from it, and a clamping jawpivotally mounted upon the carrier, the jaw being movable bodily withthe carrier toward and away from cooperative clamping relation to thebase and being movable pivotally upon the carrier toward and away fromclamping relation to the base, the carrier carrying also means forurging the jaw pivotally in a direction {)0 efiect clamping action withrespect to the ase.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses. f

WVILLIAM R- RUTHE'RFORD. WVi-tnesses p UNA -B. JoHNsoN, NAOMI M. CONRAD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. i

